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Lette/rs Patent No. 96,107, l:lated October 26, 1869.

IMPROVED i CLOTHES-RACK.

Mrk*- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making prt of the same.

To all whom fit'ma/y concern:

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

making a partof this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View ot the rack.

Figure 2 is a detached top view of a part of the head or top of the rack. l

Figure 3 is a detached side view of a part of the head of the rack.

Figure 4 isa detached side view of a part of the bottom or foot of the rack.

Like letters of reference. refer to like parts inV the several views.

A, fig. 1, is the post, to which all the other parts are attached; B, the feet; and O,- the arms, which are attached and operate as follows:

The feet lare attached to metallic toot-stays, or braces E, iig. 4, which are secured to the post with screws', as shown.

The feet are attached to the foot-brace by a screw through the right-angled opening L, as shown at fig. 4, and is held firmly at nearly a right angle to the post, (the extreme end inclining, downward,) when placed between the projecting plates, or lugs l el of the loot-brace, igs. 1 and il.

The postis constructed of two pieces, of about equal length, and is coupled together by two .metallic caps, f, fig. 1, which are rigidly secured, one on the upper end of the bottom piece ofthe post, and the other on the lower end of the top piece of the post.

Each of these caps has projecting bands or rings, which extend around the opposite piece of the posts ii'om which it is fastened, which allows the post t-o be lengthened or shortened by removing pin lf, as shown b v dotted lines o, iig. 1.

The post is intended to be made of a square piece. of timber, of suitable size for the size ofthe rack, and at the extreme top end it is made round, to receive the head, so it may be turned or revolved around the post.

The head is constructed as follows:

There are two head-plates, F, figs. 2 and 3, in which the arm-braces D, iig. 3, are pivoted. These headplates are connected or tied by a pipe or journal-box, J, iig. 3, in manner as follows: 0n each end of the pipe are projections 1,'gs. 2 and 3, and at a distance equal to the thickness ofthe head-plate, there are opposite projections, as is clearly shown at I, iig. 3, the head-plates F being between them.

The pipe is intended to be divided longitudinally into two equal part-s, in which the end of one part, J, iig. 2, is shown.

lt will be seen that there are corresponding notches in the centre hole ofthe head-plate F, fig. 2, to admit thel projections through the plate, .'Ihus the projections on the end of the pipepass through the notches, and the head-plate takes its placebetween the projections, as indicated by dotted lines c a, 2, and is held to its place by a wire through a notch, l), in the plate, tigs. 2 and 3.

D, lig. 3, are the arm-braces, to each of which two arms are attached, one to the upper part of the brace, and the other to the. lower part, as shown at C, tig. 3. It can also be seen that the upper and lower parts of the brace, where the arms are attached, incline in rcverse direct-ions from where it is pivoted, so that the arms do not stand one over the other, or interfere with each other, as shown at c, fig. 2.

lhe arms are attached to the braces with screws through oblong openings, or slots P, fig. 3.

From the arm-brace are projecting plates-e e, figs. l and 2, between which the arms are held at a right angle to the post.

Further, it can b e seen, that by the braces having a round tenon, or pivot through each head-plate F, iig. 3, theycan be moved laterally, as shown by dotted line G, fig. 2; and to prevent it from moving by its own weight, should the rack stand' on an uneven door, it rests on the extreme edge of the. lower plate at It, tig. Dotted lines N, lig. 3, show an arm drawn out from between the plates e e ofthe arm-brace, and placed in a parallel position to the post.

The feet can also be arranged in the same manner,

as is shown hy dotted lines M, iig. 4, and can be held in its position by the screw-head X heilig placed in a notch, T, in the top of the brace, as shown in figa.

The advantage of a rack constructed in thisfmanner is, that it is more convenient when in use, cheap, durable, and can be placed in a small and suitable shape for shipping or for storing away. The arrangement for changing the position of the feet and arms admits of it heilig used in almost any manner, or in any placil that may bedesired.

lVha-t I claim as my in'lprovement, and desire to .st-- cure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of the foot-braces E, arm-braces D, head-plates F, and journal-box J', when constructed and arranged substantiallyas shown and described, and operatingr in the manner and for the purpose set fort-h.

Witnesses:

H. E. KELLEY, Gao. A. llcimnnsos.

J AMES HATFIELI l. 

